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Title: Judge: George Zimmerman's New Bond: $1 Million
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Orlando Sentinel
URL Source: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com ... 5_1_bond-jail-george-zimmerman
Published: Jul 5, 2012
Author: Rene Stutzman,
Post Date: 2012-07-05 12:18:49 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4641
Comments: 13
A Sanford judge today ordered George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, released on $1 million bail but called him a manipulator. It was not immediately clear how long it would take the 28-year-old Zimmerman to arrange his release. Defense attorney Mark O'Mara said Friday that Zimmerman's legal defense fund had a balance of $211,000, more than enough to cover the 10-percent non-refundable portion charged by most bonding companies. Zimmerman had been free on $150,000 bond for five weeks when Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. ordered him back to the Seminole County Jail. That's because Zimmerman's wife had testified under oath that the couple was nearly destitute when bank records show money was pouring in from a support-George-Zimmerman website at the rate of $1,000 a day. On the day Shellie Zimmerman testified that the couple was broke, she and her husband had access to $130,000, a defense financial expert testified Friday. In his nine-page order, the judge today chastised Zimmerman. "By any definition, the defendant has flaunted the system," Lester wrote. "It appears to this court that the defendant is manipulating the system for his own benefit." Lester also was troubled, he wrote, that Zimmerman and his wife hid the money and that George Zimmerman had a second, undisclosed passport. "Notably, together with the passport, the money only had to be hidden for a short time for him to leave the country if the defendant made a quick decision to flee. It is entirely reasonable for this court to find that, but for the requirement that he be placed on electronic monitoring, the defendant and his wife would have fled the United States with at least $130,000 of other people's money." Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda had asked Lester to keep Zimmerman jailed. He killed an innocent teenager, de la Rionda argued, then made matters worse by working with his wife to transfer money between accounts and hide it. But O'Mara argued that it would be wrong to keep Zimmerman locked up before trial, especially because he has a strong self-defense case. The judge's ruling today, however, made clear that that was not the most important issue for him. In his order, the judge banned Zimmerman from having or opening a bank account. He again ordered the defendant to wear a satellite monitoring device and this time put him on a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. Zimmerman told authorities that after calling police and reporting Trayvon as a suspicious person, he lost sight of him and turned to walk back to his truck when the teenager punched him, knocked him to the ground then began banging his head into a sidewalk.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
I find this interesting...... Even with all the political pressure on the legal system to rail-road this guy, the judge had the stones to set the bail at a level that Z-man could easily meet... I'm starting to think there's people within that system who are not so hip on the screw-job that o'Bungler ordered... it'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
"Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which he lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all." Michael Rivero
The faye reznik (( zimmerman )) of the oj people - world ! All they do is hate the civilized - independent world ! They say a mugged liberal is born again conservative ! Welcome George (( rodney king )) to the real bigotted - racist - nazi - blackkk world ! They've rubber tired themselves on this one - again ! duke lacrosse2 ... soulless --- savages !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Are Obama's New Black Panthers tuned into the sat monitor and know Zimmy's location? YEP! Hopefully his trusty Kel-Tec pistol will be by his side in his home. One shot, one panther.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
"In his order, the judge banned Zimmerman from having or opening a bank account." This is something new to me, I've never heard a judge 'order' a person to NOT have a bank account, or banned from even opening one. Would this be abuse of power, or is there a law on this I've just never seen?
"A friend will calm you down when you are angry, but a best friend will skip beside you with a baseball bat singing, "someone's gonna get it"
Well you can just rock me to sleep tonight...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Maybe your framework need to be rethought. Why don't you go to lew rockwell or some other kook site and find someone to think for you.
. devils - savages ! ... donations ! http://friendsofgz.com/ ... donations ! http://www.gzdefensefund.com/
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Such commentary from the sheeple tells me I'm on the right track. "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in hers, while they only recover their sense slowly, and one by one." Thanks for playing!
"Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which he lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all." Michael Rivero
Everything in your post is a something someone else said. All your posts are like that. You let others think and then adopt their viewpoints. Genius.
. Not entirely true... There is a lot to be learned from history, if one cares to study it (which I do). As for the lessons of history- where great minds such as Locke, Cicero, Socrates and Aurelius have already made great observations- who am I to reinvent something they've already stated so eloquently? My professional opinions- which are posted on trade-specific forums- are another matter entirely. My views run contrary to what is considered "common knowledge." At my current posting, within 2 months of starting, I was given the nickname "Dr. Doom," because my predictions about where the company was headed were so dire. And now, they call me "the Doctor," but as a matter of respect, since everything I warned about has come to pass... And they often ask me, "how did you know?" My answer is always the same: in my line of business, you end up being very good, or very dead. I actively choose where to apply my particular gifts. My work and my livelihood are primary, while this forum is strictly for my amusement. You never dispute the observations I post, you never provide any data or empirical evidence to prove your points... Thus, your opinions- based on nothing whatsoever- have all the value of a fart in a windstorm. The only logical conclusion is that you're a troll, and your objective is merely to goad others with your empty trash- talk... Congratulations, you managed to elicit a response. I'm sure that it will temporarily fill the void in your empty life, where your entire existence is boiled down to such meager rewards for your ego. "Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which he lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all." Michael Rivero
Far too many words to read from you. I'm just not as interested in you as you are. But I've had similar experience in my career as I gained the nickname Smoky after burning up thousands of dollars of digital equipment within days of starting a job. Turns out it wasn't my fault but the name stuck.
. Yeah, your lips must get tired.
"Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which he lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all." Michael Rivero
Penny in a burned out fuse?
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
(Edited)
#3. To: Brian S, *Neo-Lib Chickenhawk Wars* (#0)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#4. To: Brian S, ALL (#0)
#5. To: Murron (#4)
This is something new to me...
#6. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
Say hello to your grandma for me.
#7. To: All (#2)
#8. To: Biff Tannen (#6)
Maybe your framework need to be rethought.
---Charles Mackay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds--
#9. To: Capitalist Eric (#8)
Say hello to your grandma for me.
#10. To: Biff Tannen (#9)
Everything in your post is a something someone else said. All your posts are like that.
#11. To: Capitalist Eric (#10)
Say hello to your grandma for me.
#12. To: Biff Tannen (#11)
Far too many words to read from you.
#13. To: Biff Tannen (#11)
I gained the nickname Smoky after burning up thousands of dollars of digital equipment within days of starting a job
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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